This page with two pictures is from the report by Heinrich Ries, "Clay Deposits and Clay Industry in North Carolina" (Raleigh: G.V. Barnes, Public Printer, 1897). It shows the "Kaolin Washing and Drying Plant, Harris Clay Co., Near...
Tackle box; Metal tackle box painted black with an assortment of fishing hooks and lures; stamped on the inside of the lid "THE STANDARD TACKLE BOX MADE BY THE ARMSTRONG MFG. CO. HUNTINGTON, W. VA." There is a metal divider separating the...
(029 a) Case for landing net; with "I-D-L LANDING NET: STEEL COLLAPSING FRAME WITH 12 INCH BAMBOO HANDLE"; very worn - stained, and seams are ripped, insect holes in fabric; label on case is in very poor condition; cotton; tied at one...
This page with two pictures is from the report by Heinrich Ries, 'Clay Deposits and Clay Industry in North Carolina' (Raleigh: G.V. Barnes, Public Printer, 1897). It shows the 'Kaolin Washing and Drying Plant, Harris Clay Co., Near Webster' (top)...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 25th Infantry Regiment, Co. B
R. P. Crawford, in camp near Wilmington, North Carolina, Michels [Mitchells] Sound, to his cousin, Wm. Eastis [also, Estes, Estice], September 29, 1861. Crawford writes of the regiment’s encampment near the sea coast, his health, camp conditions,...
This picture of "Balsam Gap" is from the booklet "Woman's Christian Temperance Union Southern Assembly and School of Methods, Waynesville, N.C., 1892" (Philadelphia, Penn: Levytype Co., 1892). However, there is a different...
(021) Box containing blades for jeweler's saw; seven blades contained in a green cardboard slip box; box has white label "ANCHOR DRAWING PEN" "K & E CO." "A 672"; blades bagged a) slipcase (b) drawer (c-i) blades;...
This picture of 'Balsam Gap' is from the booklet 'Woman's Christian Temperance Union Southern Assembly and School of Methods, Waynesville, N.C., 1892' (Philadelphia, Penn: Levytype Co., 1892). However, there is a different caption in the lower...
Captain J. M. Cathey, in camp near Weldon, North Carolina, to his father, Col. J. Cathey, February 15, 1864. Captain Cathey writes of his personal feelings and concerns, his health, recent events, the reenlistment of fellow soldiers for additional...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Jackson County, North Carolina
Elizabeth Watson, Jackson County, North Carolina, to her husband, James Watson, October 29, 1861. Elizabeth Watson writes to her husband, who is in service, about her health and that of the children, and of other family members, hardships being...
This watercolor drawdown illustrates a weave pattern known as Compass Work. To record a pattern, a weaver creates a draft and/or a drawdown. A draft looks much like a strip of musical notation; a drawdown is a visual grid that illustrates a...
Among the featured headlines the August 27, 1929 issue of "The Ruralite" (Sylva, N.C.) was the article “Power Co. Will Build Nantahala Dam this Fall,” reporting on plans of the newly formed Nantahala Power and Light Company for a...
This undated postcard reads on the back, "Chief Standing Deer's wife and daughter making baskets in front of their home. The Indian Reservation is located on the Eastern Boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park." Such...
Weavers in the Appalachian area worked on their own and often made the tools that they needed from regional materials. During the Craft Revival years, teachers like Clementine Douglas put them in touch with companies and outside resources to...
This illustration captioned "Mt. Pisgah from Battery Park" is from Harriet Adams Sawyer book "Souvenir of Asheville or the Skyland" (St. Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing Co., 1892).
This advertisement for the Turnpike Hotel from Thomas H. Lindsey's book "Lindsey's Guide Book to Western North Carolina" (Asheville, N.C.: The Randolph - Kerr Printing Co., 1890), proclaimed it to be "A Delightful Home in the Heart...
This drawing of the "Swannanoa Hotel, Asheville, N.C." was featured in the book by Thomas H. Lindsey, "Lindsey's Guide Book to Western North Carolina" (Asheville, N.C.: The Randolph - Kerr Printing Co., 1890).
This illustration from Thomas H. Lindsey's "Lindsey's Guide Book to Western North Carolina" (Asheville, N.C.: The Randolph - Kerr Printing Co., 1890) shows "South Main Street, Looking North" in Asheville, N.C.
The Haywood County Court House seen in this picture from the booklet "Woman's Christian Temperance Union Southern Assembly and School of Methods, Waynesville, N.C., 1892" (Philadelphia, Penn: Levytype Co., 1892) was the third county...
This page of four pictures from a report by the United States Census Office, "Extra Census Bulletin. Indians. Eastern Band of Cherokees of North Carolina" (Washington, D.C.: United States Census Printing Office, 1892), shows...
